Talyllyn Railway

The Talyllyn Railway (Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow-gauge preserved railway in Wales runs for 7.25 miles from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1865 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn, and was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act of Parliament to carry passengers using steam haulage. In 1951 it became the first railway in the world to be preserved as a heritage railway by volunteers.

This gallery is presented in reverse chronological order with the most recent images appear first.

Talyllyn Railway - August 06, 2009

TOM ROLT seen at Abergynolwyn Station on August 06, 2009.

TOM ROLT was completed at the Talyllyn Railway works at Towyn Pendre in 1991. The locomotive is named after L.T.C. (Lionel Thomas Caswall) Rolt (1910 - 1974), founder of the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society which secured the future of the Talyllyn Railway in 1951. The Talyllyn Railway becomming the first heritage railway in the World.